Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is that they do not live of, or for, themselves. Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved. Is it not because he has no personal and private ends, that therefore such ends are realised?
AI Wïc
Rwɛɛ kɛ kaac kɛ lɔɔ. Rwɛɛ kɛ kaac kɛ lɔɔ nhi cɛl kɛcɛ jɛl wut, a nhi jɛl wɛ kɛ wɔɔ nyɔɔ lɛn, kɛcɛ jɛ wut ciŋ lɛn a nhi e kɛ wɔɔ wut. Kɛ nhi kɛ ba yie kɛ jɛ cɛl e kua dhɔɔl, a nyɔt e kɛ jɛ wut kɛ wɛ. A nhi kɛ jɛ wut kɛ nyin, ba yie kɛ jɛ a wut kɛ ba wut. Ciŋ nhi kɛ wuɔɔc kɛ jɛ cɛl kɛ wɔɔ, a nhi kɛ wɔɔ nyɔt.
